ffordd
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔrð/
- Rhymes: -ɔrð
Etymology 1
From Middle Welsh fforð, from Old Welsh ford, from Proto-Brythonic *forð, a borrowing from Old English ford. Cognate with Cornish fordh, Breton forzh.
Noun
ffordd f (plural ffyrdd, not mutable)
- road
- distance
- way, manner
Derived terms
- croesffordd
- cyffordd
- ffordd haearn
- ffordd o fyw
- pa ffordd
- priffordd
- rheilffordd
- traffordd
Related terms
- ar y ffordd
- i ffwrdd
Etymology 2
Clipping of pa ffordd (“which way”)
Adverb
ffordd
- (South Wales, colloquial) how
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffordd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies